Deep excavations in Singapore marine clay

Geotechnical Aspects of Underground Construction in Soft Ground - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of TC28 of the ISSMGE

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 13-28

  Shirlaw, J N ^a   Tan, T S ^b   Wong, K S ^c  

^a GOLDER ASSOCIATES LTD   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FORCES; DEEP EXCAVATION; DEEP SOIL MIXING; EXCAVATION LEVEL; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; JET GROUTING; LIME PILE; MARINE CLAYS; SINGAPORE; URBAN DEVELOPMENT;

CLAY DEPOSITS; CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION; SOIL MECHANICS; URBAN GROWTH;

EXCAVATION;

EID: 84856812284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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